Swayam Free Courses & Certifications

The ‘Management Accounting’ online course is developed by the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) for the students to engage in discussions and gain valuable insights on the tools and techniques that ensure an improved decision-making process at the management level. This management studies certification course is provided by Swayam online education portal and the course modules and classes are designed to be completed in twelve weeks.

The course is conducted by sixty lectures, videos, and several other online exercises along with assessments done on a weekly basis. The program instructor is Dr. Anil K. Sharma, a finance and accounting professor from the department of management studies at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. The ‘Management Accounting’ online certification program enables students to gain a course certificate and credit points after successful completion of this core course. This program helps students gain a comprehensive understanding to gain an advantage over the competitive edge in the business market.

An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence certification by IIT Delhi is an FDP-approved course that runs for 12-weeks. Based on AI and Data Science, this AICTE study has been developed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Students can learn from the video lectures and references given by the mentor of the programme.

Students will learn various concepts, philosophies, and models that fall under the An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence certification course. Per week, one learning module is assigned for the duration of the course. It comprehensively touches on algorithms, reinforcement learning, decision processes, deep learning, artificial intelligence, and Data Science.

Prof. Mausam, Associate professor of Computer Sciences at IIT Delhi and available on Swayam, instructs the course. Candidates need to pay a fee to write the certification exam. For the An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence certification, learners need to secure an average score, which is ascertained through assignments and the written test. Students shall receive an e-certificate for fulfilling the requirements.

An intelligent agent must know how to solve real-world problems. The key to intelligence is creating visualizations of the domain of interest and reasoning with these representations. In this Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning certification course, you will explore various associated algorithms for reasoning and representation formalisms. 

The Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning certification by IIT Madras available on Swayam starts with a basic language of propositions. After that, it moves on to first-order logic, and subsequently, to representations for reasoning about change, situations, actions, and other agents in cases where there is a lack of information. This course is a companion to the course “Artificial Intelligence: Search Methods for Problem Solving” that was offered recently and the lectures for which are available online.

Along with the lectures, Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning online course also provides links to supplementary reading materials. After 12 weeks, you will also have a chance to appear for a proctored exam. Passing this exam will get you a course completion certificate, which you can employ to showcase your skills in Artificial Intelligence.

The Artificial Intelligence Search Methods For Problem Solving online course is a 12 weeks program offered by Swayam under the initiative of the Government of India. An autonomous agent should be capable of solving issues in order to behave intelligently. They should be capable of making decisions that change a given circumstance into a desired or target condition. To find the ones that work, the agent must be able to imagine the consequences of its actions. This first section of the Artificial Intelligence course covers a wide range of search strategies that agents may use to solve problems.

In the second section of the Artificial Intelligence Search Methods For Problem Solving training: Reasoning and Knowledge representation, candidates will learn how an agent may represent its domain and explain what it understands. The course provides a solid basis for artificial intelligence from which the student may develop their understanding. The third section of the Artificial Intelligence Search Methods For Problem Solving syllabus provides a somewhat different framework for problem-solving, wherein the reasoning processes and previously stated search can coexist.

The Computer-Aided Applied Single Objective Optimization program aims to focus on different topics so that students have ample knowledge on the subject line. The course tries to touch on mathematical as well as computational aspects related to the subjects. Candidates will gain information on regression, computational algorithms, genetic algorithms, a toolbox of high-level programming languages like MATLAB, etc. This is a professional-level program and can be pursued by students as well as professionals. The duration of the Computer-Aided Applied Single Objective Optimization certification syllabus is 12 weeks. 

This is a free online course and candidates are awarded certificates at the end of the course if they complete the requirement for the exam. Students will be provided with the study materials for this course by the creator on the platform. Along with the study material, candidates will also be given a discussion platform, assignments, and tasks to understand the modules properly. The Computer-Aided Applied Single Objective Optimization certification course is entirely an online program and is a self paced training so that students have ample time to learn about the subject from the platform. 

The ‘Introduction to robotics’ online course is a study about the state-of-the-art technologies and techniques associated with designing robots and their applications. This National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) free online course on robotics is provided on the Swayam online education platform. The online training is offered by the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

The program is conducted for twelve weeks and is a core course for the undergraduate and postgraduate level students of design engineering or robotics. The course instructors of this certification program are Dr. T Asokan from the department of engineering design, Prof. Balaraman Ravindran teaching computer science, and Dr. Krishna Vasudevan of the electrical engineering department. This AICTE approved faculty development program enables the students to receive three credits after completing the online training. The ‘Introduction to robotics’ e-certificate is issued to the qualified students with NPTEL and IIT Madras logos on it.

This Basics Of Language Science Online Course manages major parts of the language. In the course the candidate will develop an understanding connection between language, brain, and the general society that we reside in. The students will feel like they realize how to respond to a ton of inquiries regarding different complexities or various kinds of miracles about language.

This course assists the candidate with managing the three significant parts of language specifically, the construction at the degree of sounds, words, and sentences, securing or learning of it, and the varieties inside and among dialects. The Basics Of Language Science Programme offers answers to a large portion of the interests that strike major when we consider how we gained the limit of language as a child.

This course will guide the candidate in depth of language science. In the Basics Of Language Science Training candidate can also take up the course certificate by giving the exam which will be held after the course completion. The course timing is flexible and candidates can study according to their time preference and the course faculty will be professor Rajesh Kumar from IIT Madras for making understanding easy to candidates.

The Cloud Computing training, curated by IIT Kharagpur, is an elective undergraduate-level course. The programme is based on the disciplines of computer science and engineering, programming, and systems. This is an twelve-week course, and lectures will be conducted online only.

The Cloud Computing certification course teaches about the delivery and scalable services consumption platform that offers computing provision for a shared pool of resources. These include database, storage, software, networking, servers, applications, and so on. 

This platform requires the least possible management effort by providing on-demand availability of a shared pool of configurable computing sources. Some of the aspects covered in the course are the fundamentals of cloud computing, security challenges, management problems, and future research possibilities. This is one of the best cloud computing courses taught by Swayam.

Cloud Computing online course by Swayam will work well with candidates who have a basic computer organisation background, networking, and architecture. Students of electronics and communication engineering, computer science and engineering, and electrical engineering will benefit from the cloud computing course.

A four-credit course, the Principles of Genetics course by Swayam has been specially designed for undergraduates of all life science programmes. The online course aims to equip candidates with the fundamental knowledge of heredity, genetics, and inheritance. And to build a foundational understanding of the various biological principles. 

Spread over 12 weeks, the Principles of Genetics certification syllabus broadly covers the genetics' fundamentals, Mendelism and its extensions, Linkage and Extranuclear inheritance, and sex determination. Each unit, spread across three weeks, contains 15 hours of teaching for a comprehensive understanding of the concepts. 

Other core topics covered in the Principles of Genetics programme are laws of inheritances, gene functions, Mendel's principles, gene interactions, genetics' framework, among others. 

However, they can only avail of the Principles of Genetics certification after paying the certification fee and meeting the minimum marks criteria in the internal assessment and end-term exam. 

The ‘Conservation Geography’ online certification course is developed for the students to discuss the theories of geography in detail to understand the various aspects of conservation and biodiversity that enable development. This biological sciences and bioengineering program of the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) is provided by Swayam online education portal. The course classes are offered free of charge and are scheduled for a period of twelve weeks.

The instructor for this elective course at the undergraduate or postgraduate level is an academic and industrial expert, Dr. Ankur Awadhiya from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. The training consists of a virtual mode of learning enabled by videos, online lectures, and other resources that include working on case studies to understand the conservation intended development.

The ‘Conservation Geography’ online training program ensures the participants of the program with a course certificate and credit points after completing the course successfully according to the qualifying criteria.

Are you interested in knowing the essential concepts of remote sensing? Here you have a chance to learn from one of the reputed IITs. Remote Sensing Essentials is a 12-week-long online course on remote sensing offered by Swayam in association with  IIT Roorkee. The online course will guide you through different aspects of remote sensing and will help you explore the fundamentals of satellite-based digital image processing and remote sensing technologies and tools. 

Remote Sensing Essentials Certification Course, administered by Swayam, is an FDP programme that is approved and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The Remote Sensing Essentials online course is an elective programme that is prepared and supervised by Prof. Arun K. Saraf who is a professor at IIT Roorkee. The course is basically a free online programme and the learners can pursue it completely free of cost except for certification. To be eligible for the certificate of completion, the learners must appear for an exam that demands an exam fee of Rs 1,000. The expected candidates for the course are undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students in the civil engineering field who want to learn more about remote sensing.  

The Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology Remote Sensing in Hydrology certification course is a three months online program. Even though the program is provided using the Swayam platform, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and NPTEL firms have established this certification program, which was created by IIT Bombay.

The  Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology training covers the fundamentals of passive and active microwave remote sensing with applications in civil engineering (hydrology, meteorology), as well as the ideas of processing microwave images using free and open-source programming languages like Python.

This course will give a general overview of how to get students ready to read and understand microwave data for difficult water-related scientific and policy problems. This course will be valued and commended by ERDAS, RMSI, and other companies with a remote sensing and GIS applications division. Prof. J. Indu explains this certificate course.

What makes the Soil-Structure Interaction program unique and compelling is that it discusses the details of the soil structure models in more detail than in any undergraduate degree courses. The course will explore the models for a shallow foundation under various subgrade characteristics and loading conditions. The training receives industry support from civil engineering companies.

Candidates enrolling for the Soil-Structure Interaction certification will learn about elastic foundation problems on beams and plates and using FDP methods to understand different foundation models. They will spend twelve weeks in this AICTE approved elective course in civil engineering and structural analysis. 

Soil-Structure Interaction is an online course available on the Swayam learning platform. The syllabus is designed by professor Kousik Deb from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He will also be the educator of the course. Candidates can either audit the course for free or opt for a certification. There are assignments and an end-of-the-term examination that they will have to successfully complete. 

In a qualitative and quantitative way, the German - I certification course is designed in the most innovative and comprehensive manner. The course will focus on enhancing the learning capability of the students that will make them more fluent in the field of the German language and so that later they can fluently use it. The course is based on an overview of the German language and a core German orientation mainly and according to that only the whole curriculum is structured according to the week-based program. 

The ultimate goals of the course are to learn to understand and express oneself in daily real-life circumstances in the German language. Through this course, serious learners should be able to understand the simple sentence structure and develop a strong fundamental vocabulary in the German language. 

The German - I certification that a candidate can attain at the end of the program via completing all the criteria will help them to achieve high-peak growth in their respective career and usage of the German language can help them to attain a better and effective position in the particular field. The German - I training is weekly based and associated assessments to the programme will help the candidate to learn the specific curriculum in a better way.

The German – II by Swayam is the A2 level course designed to help the participants gain the A level language competence according to the European Common Language Framework. It will help the participants broaden their learning and understanding of the German language. The candidates will further build their grammatical structures in German. The candidates will enrich their German vocabulary. The candidates will be able to communicate better in daily life situations and develop intimacy with the German culture.

The course is offered through NPTEL on the Swayam platform. The candidates will receive practice materials and book references on the course website. The course is practice-based and focuses mainly on practical implications. The Swayam platform is government-initiated. This course is approved by AICTE. The program has been verified by The Indian Institute of Technology Madras. 

The German – II certification is a government-approved authentic certificate of achievement. It will be provided in the e-format. It can be shared on all kinds of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and many more. The certification will help those candidates who are working with German organizations or have plans to work there. It will also help students aspiring to study in Germany.

The goal of the German-III Certification is to achieve a level of competency in German that corresponds to B1 on the European Common Framework of Reference for Languages abbreviated as CEFR or CEF.

German III classes are designed to increase your proficiency in the language to the point where you can pass B1-level exams offered by certifying organizations.

All students get a German - III Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics course is available online on the Swayam platform. Swayam is an initiative by the government of India to bridge India’s digital divide. The courses are free of cost and the course material is prepared by some of India's best teachers. 

Candidates who wish to earn the Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics certification need to complete the required assessments for the course and pay the fees to sit for a proctored end-term exam. All steps of the manufacturing process of a product involve presenting ideas in graphical formats known as engineering drawing and computer graphics. The course is designed by Professor Rajaram Lakkaraju, a faculty member of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering of IIT Kharagpur.

The Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics training course by Swayam gives candidates a base in computer design, 3D designing, and the basics of technical drawings. Swayam certified candidates can find jobs in various petro, automotive, and process industries like TATA Steel, TATA Motors, SHELL, ONGC, HAL, SAIL, BARC, BHEL, GE, Airbus, Reliance, etc. 

The International Trade - Theory and Empirics certification course provide a theoretical and analytical framework to understand recent policy changes and trade strategies. The programme goes over a lot of empirical evidence, along with topics like the pure theory of trade, gains from trade, and the basis of trade. Various advanced-level ideas on trade barriers and strategies are also incorporated.

Moreover, the International Trade - Theory and Empirics programme syllabus discusses various aspects of trade protectionism in the context of the tariff, quota, and subsidies. The latest non-tariff measures such as SPSs and TBTs are also glossed over. AICTE has approved this programme as an FDP (Faculty Development Programme) course.

The International Trade - Theory and Empirics online training are instructed by Prof. Pratap C. Mohanty, who hails from the esteemed IIT Roorkee. He curates and teaches all the video lectures provided. Lastly, upon completion, you can earn an e-certificate from Swayam, provided that you have submitted all the assignments diligently and cleared the final exam.

Modern Indian political thought is an intriguing topic of academic discussions and arguments. The Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought program by SWAYAM is a 12-week-long course that aims to teach the concepts related to Indian politics and its society as a whole. Learners will analyze numerous opinions and sets of intellectual conventions in modern India that continue to resonate in our contemporary politics.

The Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought certification course is crafted by the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. It acquaints the students to some of the most influential Indian thinkers. Also, candidates will understand how their ideas and vision helped define the political and social landscape of modern India, with the help of Professor Mithilesh Kumar Jha.

The Introduction to Modern Indian Political Thought training also discusses some of today’s political challenges, including democracy, nationalism, caste, secularism, and cosmopolitanism. This elective course also provides an e-certificate when candidates undertake SWAYAM’s test and fulfill the specific eligibility criteria.

The ‘Introduction to Western Political Thought’ online course is an elective course provided on the Swayam online educational platform. This training program is developed and offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in association with the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning. 

The western political thought course is instructed by Dr. Mithilesh Kumar Jha, from the department of humanities and social sciences in IIT Guwahati teaching political science. The course deals with the significant philosophers and their ideologies that influenced and shaped western political thought. The training is conducted for twelve weeks and is a part of the humanities and social sciences categorization. The ‘Introduction to Western Political Thought’ is a faculty development program approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. The students of this course will build a strong theoretical foundation of western political ideas and will gain three credit points after the course completion.

The Introduction to Cultural Studies online course deals with culture by drawing on psychology, political theory, and various other disciplines. From defining culture to looking at culture through different lenses, the program approaches cultural identities as socially constructed categories. This course also investigates culture from the perspective of identity, authority, and knowledge. 

The Introduction to Cultural Studies certification syllabus includes essential terms and concepts like Homi Baba'sThe other question’, George Orwell'sShooting an elephant’, Bell Hooks ‘Understanding patriarchy’, Judith Butler'sGender Trouble’ and much more. Students also receive rich downloadable materials and a list of books to use as references for further studies.  

Taught by Dr. Avishek Parui, from IIT Madras, the Introduction to Cultural Studies online course is engaging and helps candidates develop a holistic perspective to the concept of culture. The online program also gives regular assignments to help students improve and evaluate their progress.

The Introduction to Political Ideologies: Contexts, Ideas, and Practices online course is designed to teach how political membership, human action, ideas of state, and human nature are rooted in political events and activities. The esteemed Indian Institute of Technology, Madras has put together this program. It is also an FDP course approved by the AICTE.

The Introduction to Political Ideologies certification course also enables learners to form reasoned judgments about political incidents and events. A wide range of ideas and contexts will be discussed throughout the course. These include Marxism, Fascism, Ecologism, Liberalism, Nationalism, and more.

The Introduction to Political Ideologies: Contexts, Ideas, and Practices program by SWAYAM is a 12-week-long online course that delivers knowledge through theories and practical examples. The students will deeply understand the political ideologies in the light of recent or current events like social developments, court rulings, or significant policies. The training is provided at the postgraduate/undergraduate study level.

The Modern Indian Writing In Translation online course belongs to the Department of Humanities and Social sciences and is suitable for undergraduates as well as postgraduate students. The programme covers the information regarding Indian literature, its history, works in different regional languages, modern aspects of Indian literature, etc. Candidates who pursue this course will get to know about modernism, literary traditions, regionalism, and many more relevant topics. The course is offered by IIT, Madras.

Candidates will be provided with reference for external reading and study material by the platform. Participants can appear for the Modern Indian Writing In Translation certification exam if they seek to achieve a certificate upon the completion of the programme. The exam will be conducted in offline mode by the creator of the course and students will have to register themselves for the same by paying the exam fees. Candidates are free to go for a detailed learning experience and take as much time as required to sufficiently complete the Modern Indian Writing In Translation certification syllabus. The course does not require any specific timetable and is a self-paced course. The online programme includes case studies, tests, assignments, discussions, and activities for students to get a better understanding of the topics.

Structured as a core course The Nineteenth-Century English Novel training will be providing comprehensive knowledge about nineteenth-century novel-writing techniques. The Nineteenth-Century English Novel certification syllabus will be introducing the registered student to the features of novel-writing in nineteenth-century Britain. 

The Nineteenth-Century English Novel certification benefits the students by providing the students with a close study of the significant novels namely- Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Jane Austen’s Persuasion, and R.L.Stevenson A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyd. Students after completing the online course on The Nineteenth-Century English Novel by Swayam the applicants will be able to understand the nature of the plots that are being used and they will also be learning about the complexities that very involved with respect to the relation in the cultural and social impulses of the nineteenth century period.

The Philosophy of Gandhi Certification Course is a massive open online course focusing on the great philosophical ideas of the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The course attempts to provide a detailed glimpse into Gandhi's philosophies and unique ways of living.

The Philosophy of Gandhi course offered by Swayam is a 4 credit course coordinated by Prof. Anurag Joshi of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. The course is taught at the postgraduate level through interesting and informative videos by experts in the field.

The Philosophy of Gandhi Online Course covers vital aspects regarding the faith and ideology of Gandhi in various spheres of life. It discusses Gandhi's view of religion, human life, and modern civilization. The course will help students who are basing their career in  Humanities and Social Sciences and Political Science.

The Talent Acquisition and Management certification course is a program that is designed in such a manner that it can be studied by graduates as well as postgraduates. The course comes under the category of management studies. Candidates who get admitted to this course learn the different processes and practices involved in the talent management industry. The course is provided to the students by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. The course is available on the platform of Swayam for free for every student. The Talent Acquisition and Management certification syllabus can be completed in the given time of 12 weeks as well as more than the estimated time. 

The program is an online course and offers flexible timings for attending the video sessions. The program provides self-paced training so that students can take any amount of time to understand the concepts. The program offers certification to the students towards the end of the course which is optional as it comes with the payment of exam fees followed by an in-person exam. The Talent Acquisition and Management certification grants full-time access to the course to all its students and students can join or leave the session from anywhere at any time according to their willingness. 

The HRD: Systems & Strategies program is a self-paced course as it is provided online for all the candidates who join it in Swayam. It aims to give education to all the students so that is why the course is given at zero cost. This also helps economically low candidates to learn the course. This is an elective course with transferable credits.

The HRD: Systems & Strategies certification is achieved by the participants who score the required passing marks by submitting the assignments/assessments within the given time period and attending the exam conducted at the exam centers. This exam is proctored.  This sharpens their skills and enhances their knowledge.

The HRD: Systems & Strategies certification benefits the candidates with a hope to start or restart their career. They will learn the methods and techniques to improve the workforce and organization. The leadership and management quality of the participants is improved to a very high level.

The ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online course is a study about the different aspects and operations of safety involved in engineering systems in the industry. This training program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning online course and is provided on the Swayam online education platform. The elective course for postgraduate level students is offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

This faculty development program is conducted for twelve weeks for the students belonging to domains of engineering, science, and management. The course on engineering safety systems is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The course educator for the ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online training is Dr. Jhareswar Maity, faculty from the department of industrial and systems engineering at IIT Kharagpur. The students in this online course can earn three credits after completion of the program and will receive the course completion certificate fulfilling the required mandates.

This course teaches the basics of Industrial Pharmacy in a practical approach. It is done with easy and to-the-point explanation along with graphical, pictorial, and animated presentations. The objective of this course is to ensure the candidates who complete it can practice and identify dosage form, the manufacturing techniques, know the development of dosage form, formulate liquid, solid, and semisolid dosage forms, to inculcate the theoretical knowledge in the practical and professional need of the industry.

Under this course, the topics covered are the introduction, formulation, evaluation, and packaging materials science of tablets, performulation, liquid orals, capsules, parenteral, and ophthalmic products, the syllabus is approved by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and also adopted by the pharmacy universities and institutions throughout India. The pharmacy faculties looking to upskill themselves and Pharma professionals to perform better at their jobs can take up this course, even students from non pharmacy background can do this course.

To be certified in this course the candidates must take up the end of the term proctored exam.

Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things program is the result of an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It is an AICTE approved FDP course that focuses on how industrial processes have changed through the integration of modern technology. These modern technologies include sensors, computational processing, communication, machine learning, the internet of things data analytics, the industrial internet of things, and much more. the Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things certification is designed by IIT Kharagpur, an esteemed institute of education. The educator of the course will be professor Sudhip Mishra, a highly reputed professor with numerous awards. 

Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things is an online course. Participants will be taught the syllabus for a duration of twelve weeks. Along with video lectures, the participants will also have case studies, periodic assignments, and a final exam to help them imbibe maximum information from the course.